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      Seasonal variation of the community of copepods in the eastern sector of the Gulf of Cariaco, Sucre state, Venezuela Translated title: Variación estacional de la comunidad de copépodos en el sector oriental del golfo de Cariaco, estado Sucre, Venezuela

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          ABSTRACT Copepods are the most numerous group of zooplankton in tropical coastal systems; they are mainly affected by salinity gradients, as occurs in the eastern sector of the Gulf of Cariaco. This study purposed to study the temporal and spatial variations in the structure of the copepod community during June, July, August, and September 2009 (rainy season) and October, November, and December 2009 and January 2010 (dry season). Samples were collected with a standard 60 cm diameter zooplankton net with a 330 μm mesh at the surface level. Temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen were taken in situ with a multi-parameter probe (YSI). Salinity presented a marked monthly variability, with values between 32.5 ± 1.56 and 38.5 ± 0.25 UPS in the rainy and dry seasons, respectively. A total of 45 copepod taxa were identified and Acartia tonsa was the most representative species throughout the study, followed by Temora turbinata, Paracalanus quasimodo, Subeucalanus subcrassus and S. subtenuis. The present study did not show a clear seasonal pattern in the abundance, diversity, and uniformity of the copepod community and the salinity values; therefore, it can be considered spatially uniform and seasonally homogeneous concerning these parameters.

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          RESUMEN Los copépodos son el grupo más numeroso del zooplancton en los sistemas costeros tropicales; ellos se ven afectados principalmente por los gradientes de salinidad, como ocurre en el sector oriental del golfo de Cariaco. El propósito de este estudio fue estudiar las variaciones temporales y espaciales de la estructura de la comunidad de copépodos durante junio, julio, agosto y septiembre de 2009 (época de lluvia) y octubre, noviembre y diciembre de 2009 y enero de 2010 (época de sequía). Las muestras se recolectaron con una red estándar de zooplancton de 60 cm de diámetro con una malla de 330 μm a nivel superficial. La temperatura, salinidad y oxígeno disuelto se tomaron in situ con una sonda multiparamétrica (YSI). La salinidad presentó una marcada variabilidad mensual, con valores entre 32,5 ± 1,56 y 38,5 ± 0.25 UPS en las épocas de lluvia y sequía, respectivamente. Se identificó un total de 45 taxones de copépodos y Acartia tonsa fue la especie más representativa durante todo el estudio, seguido por Temora turbinata, Paracalanus quasimodo, Subeucalanus subcrassus y S. subtenuis. El presente estudio no mostró un claro patrón estacional en la abundancia, diversidad y la uniformidad de la comunidad de copépodos y los valores de salinidad; por lo tanto, puede considerarse espacialmente uniforme y estacionalmente homogéneo en relación a estos parámetros.

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              Understanding how climate change will affect the planet is a key issue worldwide. Questions concerning the pace and impacts of climate change are thus central to many ecological and biogeochemical studies, and addressing the consequences of climate change is now high on the list of priorities for funding agencies. Here, we review the interactions between climate change and plankton communities, focusing on systematic changes in plankton community structure, abundance, distribution and phenology over recent decades. We examine the potential socioeconomic impacts of these plankton changes, such as the effects of bottom-up forcing on commercially exploited fish stocks (i.e. plankton as food for fish). We also consider the crucial roles that plankton might have in dictating the future pace of climate change via feedback mechanisms responding to elevated atmospheric CO(2) levels. An important message emerges from this review: ongoing plankton monitoring programmes worldwide will act as sentinels to identify future changes in marine ecosystems.
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                Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR
                Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost.
                INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS "JOSE BENITO VIVES DE ANDRÉIS" (INVEMAR); INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS -JOSE BENITO VIVES DE ANDRÉIS- (INVEMAR) (Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia )
                0122-9761
                June 2020
                : 49
                : 1
                : 113-134
                Affiliations
                [1] Sucre orgnameUniversidad de Oriente orgdiv1Dpto. Biología Marina orgdiv2Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela Venezuela
                [3] orgnameUniversidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias del Mar Ecuador
                [4] Caracas orgnameUniversidad Central de Venezuela Venezuela
                [2] Sucre orgnameUniversidad de Oriente orgdiv1Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas orgdiv2Facultad de Ciencias del Mar Venezuela
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                S0122-97612020000100113 S0122-9761(20)04900100113
                10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.1.777
                711ec2b4-be4e-4cab-b356-56ae420053ad

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 29 April 2020
                : 26 August 2019
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 76, Pages: 22
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                SciELO Colombia

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                sureste Caribe,cambios estacionales,golfo de Cariaco,seasonal changes,copépodos,south-eastern Caribbean,copepods,gulf of Cariaco

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